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Latest News in Telecommunications
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February 15, 2019
TCPA Challengers Can't Go Around Gov't, High Court Told
The federal government has jumped into a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the proper channel for challenging the Federal Communications Commission's reading of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, arguing that private litigants aren't allowed to go around the government to launch collateral attacks on the validity of agency orders.
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February 15, 2019
TracFone Sues Texas Cos. In Latest Anti-Trafficking Effort
Wireless service provider TracFone sued three Texas-based companies Friday, accusing them of running a phone smuggling ring that cuts into its business model, marking the latest salvo in the telecom’s more than decade-long crusade to stop companies from trafficking its tech.
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February 15, 2019
Film Studios Say Omniverse Sold Pirated Movies, Shows
Disney, Paramount Pictures Corp., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. and other Hollywood heavyweights have sued Omniverse One World Television in California federal court, accusing the company of selling illegal packages of unlicensed, copyrighted movie and TV shows to streaming services.
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February 15, 2019
Sens. Urge FCC To Create Public Portal For Broadband Gaps
A bipartisan group of senators has asked the Federal Communications Commission to look into creating a portal for the public to submit data detailing gaps in high-speed internet service in order to tackle concerns that national broadband maps are riddled with errors.
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February 15, 2019
O'Rielly Praises Muni Broadband Terms Of Service Revamp
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly praised the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Friday for changing out phrases in its web terms of service that he had previously flagged as potentially limiting free speech online.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- State and local telecom regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Telecom lobbying
- International telecom regulation and legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Surveillance investigations and enforcement
- FCC administrative proceedings
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
- Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
- International trade suits
- Fights over telecom regulatory limits
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder litigation
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Telecom infrastructure projects
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of telecommunications law practices
Readership
- Telecommunications lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at telecommunications companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals